Saturday, February 28, 2009

On Friday, February 13th the Kindergarten Classes attended the wedding of Q & U. Everyone wore their "Sunday Best". The girls were escorted down the aisle by the boys. We all watched as Rhonda Nunn performed the ceremony. After the ceremony, we all enjoyed a reception complete with a wedding cake and dancing. As Q & U left for their honeymoon in Queensland, our bridesmaids and groomsmen blew bubbles and released balloons in their honor.Posted by Roxanne Lamberth

Friday, February 27, 2009

Down through the ages it is a known fact: When worst comes to worst....you can always depend on your family. That is exactly what happened today with our R. L. Young family. When bad weather threatened... the family jumped into place to take care of each precious little life at our school. The children positioned themselves during the possibility of damaging winds. However, as the threat seemed to be deminishing for our area, it became evident that it was lunch time for our little ones. As a precautionary measure, Mrs. Thomas worked with the lunchroom and arranged a "picnic in the hall" for the lower grades. This insured the safety of the kids, and took care of their grumbling tummies at the same time. Thanks to everyone who jumped in to make sure that this went off without a hitch. Not to mention the fact that it made,what is sometimes a scary time for the younger students, a pretty fun memory of today.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The principal of Raymond L. Young is doing a lot of partying... with a purpose!! This is the fourth group of children who has earned 75 points in the Accelerated Reader Program and maintained at least an average of 80% correct.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Each month R. L. Young has two special events...A PTO meeting AND a student program. February's program was performed by fifth grade. Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Thomas worked diligently to prepare the students for the show.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

R. L. Young and Miss Alabama have a common goal...to raise money for St. Jude Hospital. This special guest shared her experience serving as Miss Alabama. Her platform is supporting this wonderful hospital.

Miss Tapley has ties to R. L. Young through kindergarten student Taylor Pressley. R. L. Young appreciates Taylor's mother and grandmother who worked to bring Miss Alabama to the school.

R. L .Young students are doing their part by participating in a St. Jude Math-a-thon project. But time will run out on FEB. 27th. Please feel free to make donations to this worthwhile project.

Superintendent Dr. Joanne Horton and Dr. Frank Buck were on hand to visit with Amanda Tapley and welcome her to Young.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Brittany H., a fifth grader at Raymond L. Young recently competed in the Regional Spelling Bee. I asked if she would write about her experience. We are very proud of Brittany and how well Young was represented in the competition. Great job!

The Spelling Bee took place in Winterboro at the Teacher Center. I was very, very nervous, but I had people encouraging me so I felt a little better.The Spelling Bee started at 9:00 am. so I had to be ready. Well, it was 9:00 am. and we started. We all had to come up and sit in a chair. There were kids from 3rd – 7th grade participating.The first thing we had to do was find a chair and listen to the rules. There were many rules. We had to follow all of them, too. It was very nerve-racking.Next we took part in a practice round. In the real round if you misspell your word you have to sit down. You remain seated until the whole round is over then you go back to your parent or guardian.Once the practice round is over and the real round begins. It is even more nerve-racking! They give you a word in the order in which you are sitting. When they give you the word you’ll probably want to repeat it to make sure you have heard it correctly. I know I sure did!Well, it was a lot of fun and I would love to do it again. I guess I did pretty good, because I came in the TOP 5. Maybe someday someone from our school will WIN!

Brittany is certainly a winner at R. L. Young! Congratulations for being in the TOP 5!

Friday, February 13, 2009

R.L. Young Kindergarten classes celebrated the 100th day of school on Thursday, January 22nd. The children dressed up like they were 100 years old. To help celebrate the 100th day of school, we decided to have the children participate in a Community Service Project. We collected canned food items to help restock the Red Door Kitchen. Our goal was for each class to collect 100 cans of food by Thursday, January 22nd.

Finally, Thurday was here and the tallies were in: Mrs.Liner's class won-they collect 194 cans, Mrs. Lamberth's class was second with 169 cans, and Mrs. Nabors class came in third with a total of 152. This made for a grand total of 515 cans.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Parents, Don't miss Monday's PTO meeting featuring our 5th graders. Their program is going to be a real treat with a message that "EDUCATION ROCKS!" We will also be discussing pertinent information concerning HOME CONNECT and plans for the school.

The new Recreation Director will be speaking briefly about programs they planning for children in Talladega.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Adults can learn a lot from children today. Below is an essay written by 4th grader, Malik W. It was not an assignment, just something he felt led to write and share. Wonderful work!The Road to Successby Malik W.

Make a right onto “Studying Blvd” keep straight and go through the green light which is knowledge. From there you must turn onto the bridge of mathematics which may seem hard. When you get off the bridge, make a right turn and keep straight. You are now on the highway of learning. Keep going for three miles. Then exit off onto “Hope Lane”. Keep straight and then make another right onto “Prayer Lane’’. As you go on your way Yield, not to the traffic on”Procrastination Blvd”. Also, avoid “Lying Lane” because it is a dead end. Pass up “Disappointing Lane” and “Copying Avenue”. Also pass “Bully Street”, “Fighting Lane” and “Gossiping Blvd”. But you have to go down “Hard Work Avenue”, “Grace Lane” and obstacles that will only take a little studying. But that’s all right “Success Street” is straight ahead.